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Acalypha wilkesiana (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Acalypha wilkesiana]]'' Müll. Arg.</big>
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:Protologue: in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 817 (1866).
== Synonyms ==
*''Acalypha godseffiana'' Masters (1898).
== Vernacular names ==
== Observations ==
*An erect or spreading, evergreen, monoecious shrub, up to 2(-6) m tall; leaves .*Leaves ovate, (4-)7-25 cm × (2-)5-15 cm, base cordate, cuneate or obtuse, apex acute to short acuminate, margin crenate, often variegated, or twisted and distorted, petiole 1.5-12 cm long; inflorescence .*Inflorescence axillary and single, usually unisexual; male inflorescence racemose, up to 14 cm long, densely flowered with glomerules along the axis; female inflorescence spicate, 10-14 cm long, one to several flowered, bracts deeply lobed; fruit .*Fruit depressed globose, 2.5 mm × 3 mm.
== Selected sources ==
*[13] Adesina, 31S.K.,Oguntimein, B.J. & Akinwusi, D.D., 1980. Phytochemical and biological examination of the leaves of Acalypha wilkesiana. Quarterly Journal of Crude Drug Research 18(1): 45—48.*[31] Airy Shaw, H.K., 1972. The Euphorbiaceae of Siam. Kew Bulletin 26: 191—363.* [32. ] Airy Shaw, H.K., 1975. The Euphorbiaceae of Borneo. Kew Bulletin Additional Series IV. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, United Kingdom. 245 pp.*[33] Airy Shaw, H.K., 1980. The Euphorbiaceae of New Guinea. Kew Bulletin Additional Series VIII. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, United Kingdom. 243 pp.*[35] Airy Shaw, H.K., 1982. The Euphorbiaceae of Central Malesia (Celebes, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Is.). Kew Bulletin 37: 1—40.*[36] Airy Shaw, H.K., 1983. An alphabetical enumeration of the Euphorbiaceae of the Philippines Islands. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. 56 pp.*[74] Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr, R.C., 1964—1968. Flora of Java. 3 volumes. Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands. Vol. 1 (1964) 647 pp., Vol. 2 (1965) 641 pp., Vol. 3 (1968) 761 pp.*[143] Cambie, R.C. & Ash, J., 1994. Fijian medicinal plants. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia. 350 pp.*[320] Fosberg, F.R. & Sachet, M.H., 1980. Systematic studies of Micronesian plants. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 45: 1—40.*[418] Holdsworth, D.K., 1977. Medicinal plants of Papua New Guinea. Technical Paper No 175. South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia. 123 pp.*[422] Holdsworth, D.K., 1989. High altitude medicinal plants of Papua New Guinea. International Journal of Crude Drug Research 27(2): 95—100.*[430] Holdsworth, D.K., Gideon, O. & Pilokos, B., 1989. Traditional medicine of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Part III. Konos, Central New Ireland. International Journal of Crude Drug Research 27: 55—61.*[431] Holdsworth, D.K. & Lacanienta, E., 1981. Traditional medicinal plants of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. Part I. Quarterly Journal of Crude Drug Research 19(4): 144—154.*[459] Huxley, A., Griffiths, M. & Levy, M., 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 4 volumes. The MacMillan Press Ltd., London, United Kingdom. 3353 pp.*[567] Krebs, S., 1983. Acalypha im Kommen. Sorten aus Danemark bestimmen das Sortiment. [The increasing popularity of Acalypha. Cultivars from Denmark dominate the selection.] Deutscher Gartenbau 37(42): 1940—1941.*[662] Matthew, K.M., 1981—1988. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. 4 volumes. The Rapinat Herbarium, St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli, India.*[696] Morton, J.F., 1981. Atlas of medicinal plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, United States. 1420 pp.*[813] Radcliffe-Smith, A., 1987. Euphorbiaceae (Part 1). In: Polhill, R. (Editor): Flora of Tropical East Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, the Netherlands & Boston, United States. pp. 1—407.*[965] Stotlz, L.P., 1979. In vitro propagation of Acalypha wilkesiana. HortScience 14(6): 702—703.
== Main genus page ==* Holdsworth, D.K., 1977. Medicinal plants of Papua New Guinea. Technical Paper No 175. South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia. 123 pp., 422, 430, 431, 459, 567, 662, 696, 813, 965.[[Acalypha (PROSEA)|''Acalypha'']]
== Authors ==
*Arbayah H. Siregar
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